Summary: Stephen Adams' text provides a full treatment of traditional topics, from the iambic pentameter through other accentual-syllabic rhythms (trochaic, dactylic and so on) and covering as well other metrical types, stanza structure, the sonnet and other standard forms. Adams also includes a variety of topics not covered in most other introductions to the topic; perhaps most significantly, he provides a full chapter on form in free verse and another on literary figures.R>

Summary: Stephen Adams' text provides a full treatment of traditional topics, from the iambic pentameter through other accentual-syllabic rhythms (trochaic, dactylic and so on) and covering as well other metrical types, stanza structure, the sonnet and other standard forms. Adams also includes a variety of topics not covered in most other introductions to the topic; perhaps most significantly, he provides a full chapter on form in free verse and another on literary figures.

Stephen J. Adams teaches English at the University of Western Ontario, where he is currently the Associate Dean of Arts

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"One of the book's most salient strengths is how gracefully the author handles some of the knottiest problems a teacher of prosody will encounter . . . This is a very strong book."

-- Annie Finch, Miami University, Ohio

"Adams offers help to students and teachers of poetry with his lively, accessible guide to the mechanics of verse . . . His clear and measured examination of the elements of poetry and straight-ahead style make Poetic Designs a valuable resource"

-- Quill and Quire

Broadview Web Site, February 2000

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Meter and Rhythm

The Importance of Prosody The Accentual-Syllabic System Syntactic Rhythm and the Line Unit

Beyond Iambic Pentameter

Accentual Meters and the Ballad Stanza The Longer and Shorter Iambic Meters Syllabic and Quantitative Systems

Stanza and Form

The Dynamics of Stanza and Form : Rhyme, Line and Closure Some Standard Verse Forms : Fixed and Not So Fixed

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